Renshaw01 @Renshaw01@qoto.org

Passing this on for METUPUK. Please sign the EnhertuEmergency petition and share it widely (link is here: https://metupuk.start.page/ ). Now is also the time to contact your MP and urge them to table questions in Parliament. Patients put trust in the drug appraisals process and it has NOT delivered.

The benefits of detecting breast cancer early
#thankscancer #pharmacoeconomics #breastcancer #screening #breastcancernow

For the patient, it's the high probability of a cure and treatment that's less disruptive or has fewer long-term effects.

For those with an eye on costs, it's got to be the much lower costs.

Costs rise exponentially by increasing stage of breast cancer.

In a recent study, the cost of treating stage IV compared with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) was 35.6 times higher.

Wilkinson AN et al. Curr Oncol. 2023;30:7860-7873. Available here: https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/30/9/571

Thanks to @ANwilkinson on the scary X app.

Drowning does not look like drowning

In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.

https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html

Science blues in Brexit Britain.

#cochrane #Britishscience

Cochrane UK in Oxford to close at the end of March 2024

Cochrane UK, based in Oxford, has announced it will close at the end of March 2024 with the end of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding.

More here: https://uk.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-uk-oxford-close-end-march-2024

Tips on writing an introductory paragraph
#sciencewriters #medicalwriters #STEM

[NOTE, this is as seen on Twitter, and was developed by Dr Asad Naveed]

Are you stuck in your research paper's introduction paragraph again?

Here is a 3-step framework on how to write a compelling introduction section of your paper (see diagram):
1. Attention (labelled orange):

Write about what is known.

Define the problem and grab your reader's attention with a quote, or a statistic.
2. Connection (labelled light blue):

Write about what is unknown.

What is yet to be found?
3. Thesis (labelled dark blue & purple):

Write about how you will fill the gap and your rationale, purpose and hypothesis.

A well-written introduction can set the stage for your research and establish context and relevance.

This approach allows you to start broadly and narrow down as you progress.

Eventually, this framework will keep your reader engaged from the very beginning.

It'll also act as a roadmap guiding the reader through your argument.

If you want to see more tips like this and you have a blue bird account, look for: @dr_asadnaveed

You can't stop evolution
#evolution #sciencejournalists #medicalwriters #stem

A paper published in Nature yesterday reports on how an engineered minimal cell contends with the forces of evolution.

Open access paper available here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06288-x

Dr Veera M. Rajagopal on Twitter has a good summary on the development of the minimal genome (the barest minimum of a bacterial genome required for life), which led to the engineering of the minimal cell.

If you're on Twitter, it's available here: https://twitter.com/doctorveera/status/1676734754995961858

According to the Nature paper: even when you reduce a bacterial genome to its absolute minimum where every nucleotide matters, the genome undergoes mutational events generation after generation as much as the non-minimal genome. One simply cannot stop the evolution.

As posted on the Nobel Prize profile on Twitter.
#sciencejournalists #medicalwriters #womeninstem

Today we remember one of the world's greatest scientists: Marie Skłodowska Curie, who died #OTD in 1934.

Curie was the first person to be awarded the #NobelPrize twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields.

The link below gives a short overview of her achievements, as posted by the Nobel Prize on Twitter.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xJ9G_jFqk2U

The myth that vaccines cause autism
#sciencejournalists #medicalwriters #womeninstem #vaccines #autism

Demystified by Dr Susan Oliver on Twitter. I am tooting her tweet here.

Thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the myth that vaccines cause autism is doing the rounds again. [Dr Susan Oliver says] Cindy and I explain why it is bollocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_w7vocY4YM

Five women scientists at the White House
#WomenInSTEM #womeninmedicine
#medicalwriters #sciencejournalists #medicaljournalists

An astronaut, an aquanaut, two astrophysicists and a molecular biologist.
Dr Sian Proctor, Sydney Hamilton, Dr Raven Baxter, Dr Jordan Foreman, and Amethyst Barnes.

@DrSianProctor
@SeeSydSoar
@ravenscimaven
@itsspacejordan
@Amethistaaa

This appeared to be an event to celebrate Blackspaceweek and the NASA Artemis Generation Roundtable (apologies if the information is incorrect)

New Nature article looks at how to end misogyny and inequalities in science
#WomenInSTEM #womeninmedicine
#medicalwriters #sciencejournalists #medicaljournalists

Don’t get mad, get equal: putting an end to misogyny in science
Subtle forms of misogyny attack female leadership and coerce women to conform to conventional gender norms. It’s time to call out these behaviours, say Alison Bentley and Rachael Garrett.
Article available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02101-x

Meet 10 Women in Science Who Changed the World
#WomenInSTEM #womeninmedicine
#medicalwriters #sciencejournalists #medicaljournalists

Great article in the March Discover magazine. The 10 women mentioned in the article are:
1. Ada Lovelace, Mathematician
2. Marie Curie, Physicist and Chemist
3. Janaki Ammal, Botanist
4. Chien-Shiung Wu, Physicist
5. Katherine Johnson, Mathematician
6. Rosalind Franklin, Chemist
7. Vera Rubin, Astronomer
8. Gladys West, Mathematician
9. Flossie Wong-Staal, Virologist and Molecular Biologist
10. Jennifer Doudna, Biochemist

The prognosis for women with early invasive breast cancer has improved substantially since the 1990s
#breastcancer #medicaljournalists #womeninstem #medicalwriters

[Retooted with hashtags and error amended]

The earlier we detect and treat breast cancer, the better the outcome.

The prognosis for women with early invasive breast cancer has improved substantially since the 1990s

The earlier we detect and treat breast cancer, the better the diagnosis.

FREE Science journalism masterclasses
#sciencejournalists #free #medicalwriters #womeninstem

The Open Notebook’s Science Journalism Master Classes will help you sharpen your ability to find and vet story ideas, craft effective pitches, report and write impactful stories, spot scientific hype, collaborate with editors, and more. Find out more about the classes below.

https://www.theopennotebook.com/science-journalism-master-classes/

Women diagnosed today are 66% less likely to die from breast cancer than 20 years ago
#breastcancer #medicaljournalists #womeninstem #medicalwriters

In a study looking at half a million women in England with early breast cancer, those diagnosed between 1993-1999 had a 5-year breast cancer mortality risk of 14.4%, but those diagnosed 2010-2015 had a 5-year mortality risk of 4.9%.

Read the full paper by Professor Carolyn Taylor and her team here: https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj-2022-074684

Guidance for using social media to increase the impact of scientific/medical posters without losing scientific integrity

[reposted from Twitter]

Effective tweeting can increase the impact of your congress poster. Follow our 8 tips and check out our #ISMPPEU2021 poster #14 and oral.

For more information: https://www.boldsci.com/ismpp-eu-2021-poster-summarygif/

It's the final day of May
Its the final day of Melanoma Awareness Month
#knowyourskin #skincancer #melanoma
Visit: https://melanomafocus.org/
Watch the appeal: buff.ly/428KeG1

The mental-health crisis in science
#STEM; #sciencejournalists; #medicaljournalists

[As seen on the blue bird thing]
Researchers are much more likely than the general population to experience depression and anxiety. And recent studies suggest that scientists’ mental-health struggles are a direct result of a toxic research culture

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01708-4?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684847085